jungle to civilization

His films like 'Fitzcarraldo' and 'Aguirre, the Wrath of God' obsessively explore humanity's collision with untamed wilderness and the madness of imposing civilization on the jungle.

'Apocalypse Now' uses the jungle as a metaphor for civilization's descent into chaos and the impossibility of maintaining order in nature's domain.

'The Revenant' depicts the brutal transition between untamed wilderness and encroaching civilization through a man's struggle for survival and revenge.